Wednesday, February 28, 2007
A Lost Team
I just looked at the Zimbabwe XI and it just struck me that apart from Brendon Taylor who could have got in as a reserve keeper, none of the others could have even made it to the probable’s list if there was no mass exodus of Zimbabwe players. I guess the team for the 1999 World Cup could have been their best ever and they managed to reach the Super 6 stages. Imagine the current team with guys like the Flower brothers, Streak, Taibu, Ervine, Price and Blignaut. They could still give any team a run for their money. I guess this should be their all time greats ODI XI – Johnson, Campbell, Goodwin, A Flower (WK), G Flower, Houghton, Fletcher (C), Curran, Streak, P Strang and Olonga. I would add in Whittal as the 12th man. Also would have liked to add Hick, but since he never did play an official ODI for them I decided to ignore him.
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Yeah true, Goodwin, Johnson, Streak & Olanga along with flower brothers wud have made zimbabwe a good contenders for at least reachin Super 8's...goodwin was a class player and johson wud have given flintoff and kallis a good competition for the all rounder slot...still cant forget is 152 vs aussies in 1999 WC what hitting...
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